Both Uses
console
in
Night, by Elie Wiesel
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- My father was running right and left, exhausted, consoling friends, checking with the Jewish Council just in case the order had been rescinded.†
p. 15.7
- He looked like one of those prophets of old, always in the midst of his people when they needed to be consoled.†
p. 90.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)
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(2)
(console as in: plug it into the console) controls or video monitor(s) for electrical equipment; or a cabinet made to hold electronic equipment
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, console can refer to a storage compartment between the bucket seats of a car.